FRANCISCO DE GOYA Y LUCIENTES (1746-1828), They carried her off! (Que se la llevaron!) Plate 8 from: Los Caprichos

FRANCISCO DE GOYA Y LUCIENTES (1746-1828)
They carried her off! (Que se la llevaron!)
Plate 8 from: Los Caprichos
etching with burnished aquatint, drypoint and engraving, on laid paper, a very good impression from the First Edition, published by the artist, Madrid, 1799, the highlights on the figures contrasting brilliantly with the deep black background, framed
Plate: 8¹⁄₂ x 6 in. (216 x 152 mm.)
Sheet: 11³⁄₄ x 8 in. (298 x 149 mm.)

Presumably Manuel Fernández Durán y Pando, Marqués de Perales del Río (1818-1886), Madrid.
Don Pedro Fernández-Durán (1846-1930), Madrid; with his stamp (Lugt 747b); presumably by descent from the above.
Don Tomas de la Maza y Saavedra (1896-1975); gift from the above.
With Herman Shickman Fine Arts, New York.
With Stuart Denenberg, Los Angeles.
Private American Collection; acquired from the above.

Delteil 45; Harris 43

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Lot Essay

‘The violence of this scene, in sharp contrast to most of the other Caprichos, anticipates the scenes of murder and rape which eventually appear in Goya’s Desastres de la Guerra. It has been suggested that one of the abductors is wearing the robe of a monk. Thus, this whole scene could be interpreted as an attack on the sometimes violent and illicit activities of the religious orders in Spain. The sentiment of passions unleashed in this scene is further highlighted by the violent contrasts of blacks and whites.’

Johnson, R. S., Francisco Goya, Los Caprichos, R.S. Johnson Fine Art, Chicago, 1992, p. 42.